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VOL. 27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., APRIL 2, 1868.
NO. I.
"" " JJ li?TM?Tf ?!?I!!!?JJ' ' luui t-i-jmj M ,, , ' innimiui ., ML- ,MI ,, n
PuM i s - f f ! ' by T -wo t? o rc S c li o c li .
TERMS Two dollar a year in advance and if not
paid bif ire the end of the yer, two dollars and fitfy
t. will be charged.
N paper dis-. titinued until ill:irreaiii;rrt raid,
irPt at the option of Hip Editor. ' -
!t7A Ivertivemetitv of one square of (eigl.t lineOor
oror throe insertions $1 50. E.uh additional
tiqaertion, 30 cent." Longer ones in proportion.
OF ALL KINDS, '
f cccttted in the bighesl j-tyle of the Atl.andonthe
' . mo reasonable term.
y Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK, ; t '
PHYSICIANS AM Sl'lt(.E0iS.
IrRs. jacksox &, bidlack.; are
X - prepared t attend promptly to all calls
f -a. Professional character. tOJJicc -Op-poaite
the JStrotuLiburg Bank.
April 25, lSG7.-tf.
Sxargeoii Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes residence, Sprocdsbirq, Pa.
CO" Teeth extracted without pain.Q
August 1, 1S67.
.A. Card.
The undersigned h3s opened an office for
the po.rch.-u mid sale oi Renl Estate, in
Fowler's B.ji!din:, n Main tretf. Parties
having Farms. M ill-. Hotel or o'hpr proper
ty for sale will find it to their advantage to
.call on in. 1 hnvp no h gents. Parties
mint ace me person. 1 v.
GEO. L WALKER,
Real Estate Ajrent, Stroiidsbu'g, Pa.
J. L..
U'YCKOFF,
WITH
HUSZ WULF,
COMMISSION DEAL EES I!
Oullcr, JEstf-v ami Country
ll'Ottti('C,
No. 2-r4 Wa-hinsrlfn Street,
Between Ro-iowm Sc Murry streets,
Mtrch 2 1. 1667-1 y. New-York.
C. W. SHIP, IV2.D.,
Physician and Surgeon,,
Han removed hi office and residence to j
the building, la ely occupied by Wm. Davis, 1
Esq., on Main street. Dev.iting all his time j
to hi profe.-s'u-n he will be prepa;ed to an- j
awerall caJIs either day or night, when not
professionally engaged, with promptness.-
OCT Charges reasonable. j) j
fcstroudsburg, April 11, 16j7.-tr'. j
UTi. A. H. ucui,
DENTIST,
WILL be p. eased to sec all who wish
to nave 'their Dt ntistry done iu a
proper and careful manner, beautiful ts 0!
artificial teeth made on G .Id, v;ilvr, or Rub
ber Plates as prtonj may desire. Teeth
carefully extr-rte: uit. out pain, .f desireJ.
The public .:re invited to rive h in a call at
the nffice fori:.erly occupied by Dr. Seip,
next door to the Ind.an Quee: II tel. All
work warranted. Apr:l 2o, G7.
S. UOL.TRF., Jr.
ATTORNE Y-AT LAW, A N D GENERAL
CLAIM ACJE.NT.
STROUDSBURG, PA. -
Office Kith .S. S. Drthrr, Esq.
Ali claims againttthe Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced r.tes.
07" An adJi-inaI bounty of 100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, I
FI E OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q
August 2, 1SGG.
Jl. . I'OtlljISAUCiSIi,
Sip and Ornamental Painter,
SHOP Oil MAIN STREET,
e (opposiie Woolen Mil's.)
Iteaprct fully announces to the citizens of
Stroudeburg and v cinity that he is prepared
1o attend to all who may f.vor him wiili
their patronage, in a prompt 'aud wcrkmiu
like ramnT. 1
- r CHAIRS, FURNITURE, paint
'' and repaired. Feb. 20.-3m.
. . I . T . ! 1
V JS Card. ;
Dr. 1. REEVES JACES05,
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT IIAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prepared to resume the active duties of his
profession. In order to prevent disappoint
ment to persons Jiving at a distmce who
may wish t consult him. h will be found
at his . fiice every THURSDAY and SAT-
- URDAY for conultation and the periorm
r)nce of Surgidl merati"na.
- Dec. 12. 1-G7.-1 r.
Has permanently located him
self in Stroudiburg, and moved
his office next doot to Dr. S.
r Walton,' where he is fully prepared to treat
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorrup-
"tible .rtificial teetli on pivot and plate, in tqe
latest and .most improved manner. '"Most
".Vereons know the danger and folly of trust
"ing their work to the ignorant 'as well as
lte traveling dentist. It matters not how
much experience a person may have, he i
' liable to have some failures out of a nutnber
ofcases, and if the dentist lives at a distance
: It is frequently put off until it is too late to
ave the tooth or teeth as it mav be," other
Viae the inconvenience and trouble, of going
. o far. Hence the necessity of obtaining the
services of a dentist near home. AH work
f warranted. - -
Stroudsburg, March 27, 1862. -
DO!t'T yuu know Hiul Jl. IJ.
McCarty ia the only Uuuertuker in
Stroadburg who understand hi buiineabi
If not, attend a Funeral' managed by any
pther Undertaker in town; and you will see
tie projf'cf th-: fao. fSpt. IK, '07.
New Cabinet Ware-Rooms!
NEW FURNITURE !
OPPOSITION TO IUTIBtTGEttTS
Philip Miller & Son
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO
the miblic that thev have opened at
their new Ware-Room p, on Main street, in
JStroudsburc adioininjr 'he Race, a verr su
perior asortmtnt of Furniture,'-embracing
complete
PARLOR," . -
, CHAMBER, and
DINING-ROOM SUITES,
both of their own and city manufacture
which I hey will di.-pose ol at the lowest pos
aible prices tor cash.
They are also prepared to manufacture to
order, any and every thing in their line,
from a single piece oi furniture up to a com
pete t.utfit iroin garret to collar, all of the J
best seasoned tiiubcr,' and by .tho best of j
workmen. 1 hey do not claim to be4 the
only Furniture dealer in .Stroudsburg who
has a license to sell Furniture, but having
paid a liccic and established themselves in
businessiiVy are determined to do full justice
to all who patronize them.' Their nock of
lumV-r emrira:es all the kinds of wood em
ployed in ctbuiet-mnking, and was selected
with rrgard l quility than to price.
Remember tint we can supply full suites
either of our own or of city manufacture,
though we prefer filling ihc former, because
greater justice can be dote thereby to pur
chasers. USDER TA KISG ! USD Ell TA KIXG ! !
Having provided ourselves wish a new,
neat, and elegant Hearse, a full supply of
the latest s yles of Cvfiins and burial Cas
kets, and s 11 the oiher appli.in'ces of a first
class es'ablifh nciit. we are prepared to con
duct the business of Underu-iking, in all its
bmncrjos, lo the perfect satisfaction of all
who faor us with orders in this line.
Jfachinr Smclnj, Turning, Plaining, ie.
Their factory .being fitted up with superior
Turning, Sawing, and Plaining Machinery,
a!l driven by a powerful steam engine, orders'
from cabfnet-niakers, carpenters, and other,
for work in these lines will be promptly and
satisfact rily filled. .
They respectfully s licit a call from the
puMic. Furniture cheerfully shown without
charge, and prices as low as the lowest.
PHILIP MILLER &. SON.
March 14, 1-G7.
LOOK THIS W AY,
-ALL WHO WANT
Carriage Work or Blac-.saithisg
bonk in a
SUPERIOR MANNER!
THE iSuhscriber begs leave to iu
efornj the public that he is fully pre
r pared; at h:s ctaLiihment, at the
corner or
;inirsou
and Sarah
treets,
iu
to
the borough cf
Stroaasburz, to make
order, every style of
Carriage, Wagon,
and, in fact, every thing in his line of bu
fiuess, at the shortest possible notice, and
on the most reasonable terms.
Carriages repaired, trimmed and paint
ed iu the best style of the art.
Having first ela3 material always on
hand, and none but first-class workmen
engaged, the public are assured that none
but first class
wcrii
i
will Lc turned out at
his thop.
In couuection with his Carriage Shop
he has also a I!aeksmith Shop, where
superior workmen will always Le found
ready to attend to the orders of customers.
The public are invited to call and ex
amine his stock before purchasins else
where. VALENTINE KAUTZ.
September 1J, l"G7.-tf.
A-?rl'iiiVf llof STOVJSSof
nil descriptions h:ive been received at
the store cf the Mib.criherf, in the borough
o Strouds'iir. They have
COOKING STOVES, & PARLOR STOVES,"
of the latf-st. improvements ; and entire new
ft vice, and considcriib'eeavingof fuel, which
can be bad at the lowest City prices.,. Alao,
all kinds of
Stovc-;Pioe.
A large assortment of TIN WARE of ev
ry description, constantly on hand, which
will be Hold til wholeile and reuil, as rea
sonable as can be bad in the City.
' All kinds of repairing done in the shortest.
cheapest and best manner. Call and exam-
in i nfiir fctock before vou rurci.o tiswwncr.
Oct. 17, '67.
- FIX) It Y & DRO.
-iH
LAST CALL!
The undersigned respectfully informs oil
per.ns indebted to him by Note or &k oc-
couut that he is row in- want of. money to
enable him lo fulfill engagements ( he has
made for putting up a n-w Hnck bujlding
whew the old frtme now sUnds. All. who
promptly respond to his call will receive his
tf)nkVur4 Ihopo who fail will be compelled
to pay.- ,,.'nir
NICHOLAB RCftTER.
Flrou'M.rircr, Dec. 107.
i -"vr v- . btl. . , --is m
J1 -sr-vj-rzi sr-.if r
For the Jeffersonian. -
Encouragement of Teachers.
The human mind, when left in a totally
uncultivated state, is, in its workings and
attributes, most barbarons and repulsive.
But if cultivated and developed, the mind
is, in proportion to this cultivation and
, development, attractive, refine J, and pow
erful. In ancient times when man had
just emerged, as it were, from the un
couth condition of savages, so fully im
pressed were tho people with this idea,
that those who devoted themselves to the
improvement of the minds of their fellow
men were regarded with the highest rev
erence and honor. " '
Tho people having so lately seen and
felt the influence of barbarism, gave that
noble encouragement and aid to the Edu
cators which enabled them to make
Athens and her Sisters so 'famous for
learning and refinement. The Educators
of the present day ask that they may be
encouraged and aided, as were those of
the 'ancients. They are conscious of
merit, and they arc confident, that they
can dp much more in the future than
they have done in the past, if they are
! properly aided.
There are, now, in the schools, as
teachers, many who would willingly fit
themselves so as to honor the profession,
and do double the service, if their salaries
admitted. Directors say, that they will
give better salaries when they can get
better teachers. But they have letter
teachers now. The teachers are improv
ing. The State Superintendent says, in
his last report, " Never before, have
teachers made such great efforts, to im
prove their qualifications." Uut this is
nothing to the efforts which they could,
and would make, if their salaries were
larger. Talented, eJucatcd, and enter
prising individuals in this age of bustle
and hurry do not find it as paying to
enter the teacher's profession as they do
to enter others, and thus the schools are
robbed of the talent which other callings
and places receive. Had more liberal
salaries been paid, some of the most bril
liant of men would have been retained in
the profession, and none of these com
plaints about poor, schools would have
been made. I speak nothing of the en
couragement and stimulus which a libe
ral salary gives a teacher; but it must
be evident to the mind of every reasona
ble person, that a poorly-paid teacher
would be likely to say, I am paid but
little, and but little is expected, and I
will do but little; while on the other
hand a well paid teacher would say, I
am paid, well, I am expected to do well,
and I will do well. a
Now, friends of improvement and edu
cation, give to the teachers of this county
an earnest, real support. Let them know
that their cfiorts to improve the schools
are appreciated; let them know that
you will continue to aid them by allow
ing them more liberal salaries; let the
true teachers know this, and, at the same
time, they ask that you benefit them and
the schools by writing your condemnation
against all unworthy ones.
Let our Directors raise themsches by
raising the salaries of the teachers,, and
by cheering and encouraging the cause
of popular education, which is the cause
of truth, justice, and patriotism.
The holders of 3Iexican bonds had a
meeting in Paris recently,1 at ' which it
was stated that he total amount of the
loan to the short lived Mexican Empire
i was $5,283,424 in gold. . Unless prance
assumes this loan, which the government
is very unwilling to do, all this money
will be lost to those who lent it. ' Maxi
milian expended this large sum in court
extravagance and in the maintenance of
a large standing army.. This loss must
be added to the. cost of the war, to give
the total cost of "intervention. The loss
of life was about twenty thousand men,
by the sword, disease and desertion. The
cost of the war for four years, added- to
the 'loss of the loan , referred to, would
make the total cost to the French people
of interfering in Mexico $250,000,000, or
1,250,000,000 francs at least. ,'.,; -
' A missionary among the frecdmen in
Tennessee, after relating to some little
colored, children the story of .Annanias
and Sapphira, asked '(hem why God does
"1 I a - li
not strike veryboo:y deaa wno tens a
I lie, wncu unc oi ino icasi in mc room
quickly answered, 44 Because there would
n't be anybody left.'" J 1 " ;
' "4 : : , -
Two Sririnirfield cirla did thA leap year
business un in stvlo bv eaconrtinsr a
couple -of , gentlemen to tho skating park,
)0fferiDK tm eTery aMeutioo, and fiually
jljcir hlttfet ; ierjjaps theckates
.ireadv cidCi ,
ee already eeUy , ; - - .n.
, ' r-Ar,ilu r A, cf. ' Vrlifl
UrnnGofKh, "-Jlf'
yeara.ofage, jeccntlv. walked ,froui
J Chester lo Eastbaruptou, twenty miles,
io pix hours.
The National Inquest
The President of tho United States is
impeached, and will be tried under the
Constitution and by the laws; aud Mayor
Iloffman of New York made an exceed-
ingly silly remark when he said that the
assassins of Abraham Lincoln and im-
peachers of Andrew Johnson will be
equally intamous m iiis-tory. Whether hub iu uucdu to inc Duancui ana outer ana sunk by the heavy sca3. The cap
Mr. Hoffman seriously thinks so, or merely necessities of the time But tho?e - who tain and his wife were the oalv rersonff
said
so
unaer party necessity. .lie jS
annul K Tk : J ? ..
ami remarkable change of opinion and of
action upon tne part oi me uouse ot liep-
rcsentaiives was sumcicni to snow mat
impeachment was not a party measure.
Indeed, however desirable it might have,
been thonght in an exclusive party view. ,
it was the almost unanimous conviction
of the dominant party that the offenses of
me i resiacoc. nowever uisastrous in meir
consequences, were not such open and
absolute violations of the law and of his.ed we are very sure, except upon testi
duty as imperatively to demand impeach- mony and argument that will satisfy the
ment. But when, emboldened by a wie;most doubting; and should he be remov-'in
forbearance,
, the President pointedly vio-jcd
lated the law and defied the Representa
tives of the people, seizing with one hand
the prerogative of Congress and with the
other that of the Supreme Court, thus usurp
ing all the functions of the Government
the remedy which the Constitution pro
vides was instantly applied, and he was
solemnly summoued to answer to the
country and declare the reasons of his
conduct.
The summons revealed the truth that
the President had no friends. No party,
in the country is responsible for him.
The Republicans elected him, and he has
striven in every way to defeat their poli
cy. The Democrats thought him rather
worse than Caligula's horse; aud although
he nominates one of their advocates for
the mission to Austria, and their late
Presidential candidate Minister to Eng
land; although he consorts chiefly with
the most notorious Copperheads, and
hails Democratic successes at the polls as
vindications of his policy; although he
has struggled hard to deliver the late Re
bel States wholly into the power of the
rebels, and to cause the abandonment aud
betrayal of those to whom he promised to
be a Moses; yet the Democratic party
have 6een his two chief Secretaryships
filled with old Whigs end Republicans,
while the faithful have been kept from a
monopoly of the patronage. This is the
mortal sin which "the natural governors
of the couutry " never forgive, and the
Democrats, who were glad enough to use
him as a party weapon against the Re
publicans, turn quietly upon their heels
when he plainly transcends the law, and
without a word for him betake themselves
to maligning and falsifying those who
bring him to judgment.
But all the Democratic orators in Con
gress, all the newspapers which oppose
the impeachment, all the speakers at the
"Conservative" tneetiug of protest
whether he was "Mr. Gerard, the consist
ent Mr. Brooks, or the foolish Mr. Iloff
man say but fwo things: first, that
Mr. Stanton ' was not appointed by the
President; and, second, that te Presi
dent has a right to test the constitution
ality of the law. The first point is a very
small quibble. How did Mr. Stanton
happcu to be Secretary of War under the
present Administration? Because the
President, finding him in office, invited
him to remain. It was the only way in
which, under the circumstances, he could
have been appointed; and it would be
very hard to show that the request to re
main, was not a perfect appointment.
As to the second point, the simple and
sufficient answer is that if the President
chooses to test a law he must do it as
every other citizen does at the risk 0fj',s,)C.a In aDU aoieiuiiy commentea upon
consequences. 1 tie police ao uot release
a SDCak thief UUtil the constitutionality of" rlr " jrennsyivama
the law against larceny, which he de
clares that he questions, cau be deter
mined, lie is tried for violating tho law.
The positioa taken by the opponents of
impeachment is really that when the
President vetoes a proposed law for un
constitutionality, aud it is passed over his
veto by the constitutional two thirds, he
may still impose his veto, and refuse to
obey the law UDtil the Court holds it
valid. If this be not. a fundamental
change in our system of government, we
should like lo know what would be? If
this bo not revolution, there is uo such
thing..
One of tho most persistent defaracrs of
Congress says that " it cannot be unlaw
ful for the President to violate an uncon
stitutional law, which is simply no law at
all." If this means any thing, it is that
the President may decide the question of ppeech, as we: find it authentically pub
unconstitutionality; or may refuse to ex-dished in the Congressional Globe lor that
ecute the law uutil he cau have a decis- ecssioD, and we now, and here, positively
iou of tho Supreme Court. But if he assert that no such paragraph, as is quo
may refuse ; to executo all laws, until he ted above, occurs in it .anywhere ; nor is
has such a decision, and all legislation there ' anything similar to tV, either in
mu3t wait, if he chooses to call it uucon- words or' sentiment, to he found in it,
stitutioual, until tho Court pronouncea; from its beginning to its end. Wo there
the Court, of course, taking its owu time, fore pronounce it a bold, bare faced, wil
When the people of the Uuited States as- ful aud deliberate, FOKQ EllY, and call
fcot to such a doctrine as this they will a- upon those Copperhead editors, who have
sent to the overthrow of their own power,
peachm
and will have intrusted the Government to tract the lie, which is at once a foul elan- henn? lt .ni ' " , , ?V.eaP"
one-man elected for four years, and to" dcr upon the fair fame of that man whost cr than publishing alter an. lou sec,
- i c i t , : .. .i .i4 -air it potato uigm times; it I wait to
pine men nppointcd for life. . ( patriotio memory they pretend to revere, ir . i T k i. r . -u i.
cjtiog disturbance ,are maiuly .the sup- chance to read their papers,
porters, of the reactiou which' would This nails a very unmanly forgery to
place ',' the, country, ps uearly as possible the counter a forgery which d'agaees
just wherti it was . before "tho war. . But the memory of the patriotic dead to uiis
tho great Datioual necessity is not the re-' hjad tho judgment of tho patriotic living.
storatioa of tho old Southern policy tq the."",' - -r r ,J:
Gpvc'rumpnt it is Uio'compleUou of Its " Prejudices aro , like .rata, .aud a mau &
destruction. ' What )' we want' U peace, liiiod liko a trap; they get in easily, and
aud what hinder it? "The Picnleut. poihapp rnu't t:ct out at all
'His obstinate refusal to co-operate with
Congress, whether in the matter of the
Freedmeu's Bureau, of the civil rights of
a" citizens, of the Constitutional Amend-
rncut, or of the final reconstruction policy,
a3 produced al! the turmoil of the last
two years. With the Government a unit
10 ,ts general political policy, it can have
" vuuiuss luruom noiuinjr uui
(lISrHlS.4 rCfnntlriinllnn (nrnnl tU..t
on'j 's tuat of necessity the paramount!
muc3"uu OUfc luat me executive in-
"JU11; 'i; 10 oauie us policy, 'so as
- Congreas could- not desert its constant' suov
care.ot the subject without guilt. The
moment this state of things is changed
!ad harmony restored, public attention j
!W'H be concentrated upon other and j
uhuuus. iub i icsiucui, iu
The President will
, be irly tried. He will not be convict
from office public confidence will be sc
wonderfully quickened by the full accord
between the great branches of the gov
ernment, while a man whose conspicuous
elevation has been a profound .humilia
tion to every self-respecting
American !
will sink suddenly and for ever into ob
livion. Harper's Wcehty.
The Non-Removal of Dishonest Revenue
Collectors. Letter from Commissioner
Rollins.
The following in an extract from a let
ter written by Commissioner Rellions to
the Secretary of the Treasury, showing
how the former had striven in vain to
prevent frauds on the revenue, and why
he had failed. The letter is dated Wash
ington, December SO, 1SG7. Mr. Rollins
says :
In many districts, as I have frequent
ly stated to you before, and a9 you arc
aware, officers are iucompetent or unfaith
ful, and in others they are corrupt. ' For
a time I hoped that good results might
follow from the appointment of special
agents and inspectors, but there is reason
to fear that many of these have yielded
to temptation, and as their number has
been multiplied frauds seem to have in
creased. An efficieut remedy is impera
tively demanded. No legislation, how
ever'striugent, can avail without honest
and capable officers, and I sec no reason
to change the views I have so often ex
pressed to you that dishoueit or ineGi
cient officers must be removed aud men
of integrity and superior ability appoint
ed io their place. 1 therefore respectful
ly refer you again to my communication
of the 15th July last, in which I recom
mended the retirement of several officers
therein named. I have seen no reason
to change that recommendation, and uow
earnestly renew it, and in addition to
changes then-proposed I earnestly recom
mead that successors be appointed to
James B. Stecdman, Collector of the
First district of Louisana ; John M. Cash
man, Collector of the Third Missouri dis
trict; Orvin T.Mann, Collector of the
First Illinois district; William II. Mc
Carthy, Collector of the Third Massachu
setts district; Thomas O'Gallaghan, Col
lector of the Ninth New York district ;
Saiauel M. Zulick, Collector of the Third
Pennsylvania district; Charles Abel,
First Pennsylvania district ; Wm. O Col
lins, Sixth Ohio district ; Alexander II.
Hall, Assessor First Mississippi district;
W. S. King, Assessor Third Massachu
setts district.
Democratic Interpolation of the Speeches
of Daniel Webster.
The following paragraph has been pub
rv - J t-mu
Our
political opponents use the supposed lan
guage of Webster to condemn those who
are now carrying out the great expound
er's idea of free government. Hero is
the paragraph :. , . , k. .
ruornj-fv rt'LFiLi.KD. f , -"If.
the infernal fanatics and Aboli-
tionists
ever get
power in their lands,
they will override the Constitution, set
the Supreme Court at defiance, chance
and make laws to suit thesiscives. lay
. violent bauds on those who differ with
J them in their opinions or dare question
j their infallibility, and finally bankrupt
I the country, and deluce it with blood."
Daniel Webster March 7, 1850.
In referring to the above, the editor of
the Grcensburg JleralJ, an entirely re
liable and responsible man, says :
' We have taken the pains to read that
cither manufactured. or uttered it, to ro-
n I- J . i. 1)0 CailCU in cuurcu, "Vt lamer wni.o
' , " UlIU Oil lUBlllt IU IUCU Vt vr uu
A Case of Heroism. '
An instance of rare .heroism occurred
the severe storm of the' -1st, which
in
desrves to be brought to public notice.
About five o'clock A. M. on Saturday, a
canal boat, moored at the end of the bluk
head of the draw in Hnrfem Railroad
bridge, at Spnytcn Duvvil was wamred
on noara. As tue boat sank Hn. cri iom
C 1 1 . -r
rone succeeded in lashiti" her to a sn51
then placiu litms
mself to windward of her.
to break the force of the driving
suor ?r-d tl:a waves which alternately
dashed over them, there clung for five suc
cessive hours, .refusing to leave her'and
save himself, which he could easily have
done by swiromin". About davliht thcr
were discovered in their pcrliuns position.
It was impossible to reach thpm hvw.iv
of the pier, it being entirely submerged
by the unsuual ti le. No boat being with-
rcach which could live in the heavx
sea then running, a shad boat wasbrought:
from a distance, and attempt rmde to
reach them.
Several times the boat was foaced out
to withiu a few feet of the sufferers.' and
the man as olten strpfb nut. nrm
to grasp it; but each time it was hurled
back by the tremendous seas, and , the
brave fellows in charge of her became al
most discouraged. About nlue o'clock, tv
young gentleman, a resident of Spayten
Duyvil, Mr. N. S. Blanchard, appeared
on the sceue cf action, and immediately
comprehending the situation, cooly tied
a rope about his wai?t, nn l started to
the submerged pier. He had gone but a
few steps when the heavy waves dashed
him from his footing into the deep water
beyond. Instead of attempting to regalr
the pier, he bravely struck out for -the"
spile to which the unfortunates were
clinging, and at length succeeded in reach--ing
them. Then securely tying the rope
to the spile, the men in charge of the
boat were enabled to draw it within reacb
of the sufferers, who were at once lifted
in and carried to the shore, where every:
means were taken to recover them from,
ther fearful state of numbness aud ex
haustion. Er. Blanchard reached the shore bv:
swimming, and 1 clog congratulated upon
the success of his .courageous act, dis
claimed all compliment, appearing to look
upon his effort as a simple aet of kind--ne?s
and courtesy. The gallantry of the
same young man on the occasion of his
father's hou.-e at Spuyten Duyvil taking
fire at mdnight on one of the worst-
night3 last winter the coolnecs and judg-
mcut with which he crept
thouirh
tho
names and saioc
and with an axe cut
away the
burning window-frame, and
thus saved the house from destruction
was a fitting prelude to the gallantry oa
the 21st.
A Calculating;
Bridegroom.
I've kouwn S)me very mean men iu raj
time. There was Deacon Overreach";'
now he was so mean he always carried a
hen in his gig-box, when he traveled, to
pick up tho oatcs his horse wasted in the
manger, and lay an egg for his breakfast-
in the morning.
And then there was Hugo Ilimmel
man, who made his wife dig potatoes to pay
for the marriage license. I must tell yoi
that story of Hugo, for it is not a badH
one, and good stories, like potatoes, ain't
so plenty as they used to be when I was
a boy. Hugo, is a neighbor of mine,
though considerable older than I be.-and-a
mean neighbor he is, too. Well, wheu
he was going to get married to Grctchcu
Kulp, he goes down to Parson Rogers, at
Digby, to get a license. iV
"Parson," ?aid he, "what's the price of
a license ?"
. "Six dollar.," said he.
. "Six dollars !" said Hugo ; "that's -draadful
sight of money ! Couldn't you"
take any les 7"
"No," said he, "that's what they cost
me at the secretary's office, at Halifax."
"Well, how much do you charge foe
publishing ia the churchy ihea ?"
"Nothing," sai 1 the parson.
"Woll4" said Hugo, "that's so cheap I
can't expect any change back. I think
I'll bo published. How long does it
take?"
"Three Sundays."
"Three Suudays ?" said Hugo ; 'well,
that's a long time too. But three Sun
days only make a -fortnight, after all; two
for the covers and one lor the iuside like;,
and six dollars is a great amount of money
for a poor man to throw away."
So off he went a jogging toward homc',
feeling about as mean as a ucw sheared
sheep, when all at once a bright thought
came into his head, and back he went as
fast as his horse would carry him. ;
"Parson," said he, "I've changed my
mind. Here's tho six dollars; I'll tie
the knot to-night with my tongue that I
cannot uniio with my teeth."
- "Why, what iu uatur' is tho . weaning
of all this?" ; v,Ji
"Why," said Hue, "l vc been a cip--
her work for nothing ; aud as hands f aro
scarce and wages big, if I marry her to
night sho
morrow."
can begin to dig our own to-
.--The r Republican, party ia
said lo bo
unusually well organized iu Kentucky.
Cassiua M. Clay, upon his return from
Kus.ia, will ftuirp tb Iftate fcr Grant.' ,
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